What Does The Evening News Survey Say About Manchester's Support?

April 28, 2012

Whilst not at all scientific, given it was entirely dependent on who filled in the survey (I didn’t, did you?), it was interesting to note that almost 1,000 more reds took part in the Manchester Evening News poll.

The fact that only 30,000 City fans went to Eastlands for the League Cup semi-final against Liverpool earlier this season speaks volumes about how many fans they have. If Manchester was blue, surely they’d be able to sell out a game of such magnitude? It’s not as if semi-finals have been frequent occurrences for City over the past few decades.

Of all the Mancunian postcodes that are featured on the map (data for M4, M10, M11, M14, M15, M22, M23, M40, M90 and M99 isn’t shown), United support has the clear majority.

City fans were in the majority in every one of the Stockport postcodes and also in many areas of Tameside and Oldham. Blue strongholds include Hyde, Dukinfield, and Stockport town centre, where more than 70 per cent of those polled said they were City fans.

Over in Salford, central and south Manchester and parts of Trafford, the results were reversed. In Eccles, Worsley and central Salford, more than 70 per cent said they were Reds. The area around Old Trafford is also apparently a Red stronghold, with 71 per cent of those in the M16 postcodes supporting Manchester United.

Morning fellow Reds, the day is finally here. Hope we can get a win today because that will all but win us the league, but I think a draw is a more realistic result. Whatever happens, Man Utd will never die!
On another topic, what are the FA thinking going for Roy Hodgson? I like the guy and the fact he's Alex's mate means I have no I'll will towards him. But I always felt he wouldn't handle the Liverpool job and the England job is even more pressure. I'd hate for the press to treat him like Graham Taylor.

sandeep food poisoning is the best excuse one can give ;)
my stomach is doing somersaullts already :lol:
cant last till the match begins . . .
tomorrow being a holiday should help , considering that I will resort to booze to banish my pre game jitters ;)

Come on you might Reds!!!!!!! Win or lose, I will always believe in the lads. I know the media and the ABU's are labeling us as chokers but I know the Gaffer is gonna set the record straight this time.

"Don’t expect Alex Ferguson to be following Pep Guardiola out the managerial exit door if things don’t go his way at the Etihad Stadium tomorrow night. That’s not his style. He doesn’t allow himself to be affected by one result or missing out on one trophy because he always has his eye on the bigger picture." - Roy Keane